In 3 weeks, just 35 enroll in Miss. insurance exchange

Online marketplace has been plagued with glitches

12:06 AM,
Oct. 23, 2013

Rachael Richardson, left, works with Louis Peters in Trenton, N.J., as he fills out paperwork to sign up for new plans through a health insurance exchange. In Mississippi, just 35 people have enrolled for coverage on an exchange so far.

Chaney got that figure from Magnolia Healthcare, one of two carriers on the state's federally run exchange. All 35 enrollees had selected plans offered by Magnolia, Chaney said. Humana, the other carrier, "wasn't sure they had added anybody," Chaney said.

Humana spokesman Mitchell Lubitz would not confirm Chaney's assertion, saying the company was in a quiet period until third quarter earnings are ...